RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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13th Amendment
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Detailed explanation-1: -Black codes were established in many states that curtailed the rights of African Americans. Congress responded with the Civil Rights Act of 1866, but that did not prevent states from passing discriminatory legislation.
Detailed explanation-2: -A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress overrode Johnson’s veto on April 9, 1866, and elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 eventually became the template for the Fourteenth Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The author of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was United States Senator Lyman Trumbull.